List of icons/services suggested:

  • Calibre
  • Jitsi
  • Kiwix
  • Monero (Node)
  • Nextcloud
  • Pihole
  • Ollama (Should at least be able to run tiny-llama 1.1B)
  • Open Media Vault
  • Syncthing
  • VLC Media Player Media Server
  • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)
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    25 months ago

    Yes, but requirements for a general use computer have barely changed in the past 10 years. Well, the only thing changing them is Windows 11.

    I’ve used a 2007 mid-range (?) laptop up until it broke in early 2023. Core 2 Duo T7100 (later upgraded to T7500 bought on AliExpress for €1), 4GB of DDR2 RAM, GeForce 8600M GT, cheap 128GB SATA SSD (also from AliExpress). Perfectly usable with Linux Mint. For fun I put Windows 11 on it with Superfetch and BITS services disabled. Perfectly usable with that as well. The only game I tried on it was Asphalt 8 though, but it ran smoothly.

    I want to get something like that again, but with support for more RAM. 4GB was the maximum.

    • @Valmond
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      15 months ago

      Get a half-old thinkpad!